3 thoughts on “ Some Kind Of Midas ”

1. Midas, in Greek and Roman legend, a king of Phrygia, known for his foolishness and greed. The stories of Midas, part of the Dionysiac cycle of legends, were first elaborated in the burlesques of the Athenian satyr plays. The tales are familiar to modern readers through the late classical versions.

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2. Midas was, naturally, ashamed of them, which is why he started wearing different types of headdress or a specific kind of royal turban even when he was sleeping in his bed. However, it was impossible for Midas to hide his secret from his barber, who, of course, had to swear an oath of absolute secrecy – one which he was unable to bear.

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3. Jul 11,  · Danto once described Warhol as ‘some kind of Midas’ turning to artworld gold the ordinary stuff of daily life. It was here, with Warhol in practice and Danto in theory, that the art market we now have began, for the value of art became less a matter of anything the eye could discern and more a matter of the intellectual acumen that could be.

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